# 2007 Connecticut Sun season

The 2007 WNBA season was their ninth season and their fifth in Connecticut. The Sun attempted to return to the postseason for the fifth consecutive season and were successful.

## Offseason
### Dispersal Draft

Based on the Sun's 2006 record, they would pick 13th (last) in the Charlotte Sting dispersal draft. The Sun waived their pick.

### WNBA draft

| Pick | Player | Nationality | School |
| 12 | Kamesha Hairston | United States | Temple |
| 13 | Sandrine Gruda | France | France |
| 26 | Cori Chambers | United States | Georgia |
| 39 | Kiera Hardy | United States | Nebraska |

### Transactions

* June 8: The Sun sign Evanthia Maltsi.
* May 18: The Sun waive Laura Summerton.
* May 13: The Sun waive Kiera Hardy.
* May 11: The Sun waive Vanessa Gidden and Brooke Smith.
* May 8: The Sun waive Adrienne Davie.
* April 29: The Sun sign Brooke Smith.
* April 25: The Sun waive Monique Martin.
* March 5: The Sun re-sign Laura Summerton.
* February 22: The Sun re-sign Jamie Carey.
* February 21: The Sun trade Taj McWilliams-Franklin to the Los Angeles Sparks for the rights to Érika de Souza and the Sparks’ first pick (12th overall) in the 2007 draft.
* February 21: The Sun sign free agent Kristen Rasmussen.
* February 7: The Sun re-sign Katie Douglas and Le'Coe Willingham.

## Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Detroit Shock $^x$ | 24 | 10 | .706 | – | 12–5 | 12–5 | 14–6 |
| Indiana Fever $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | 3.0 | 12–5 | 9–8 | 12–8 |
| Connecticut Sun $^x$ | 18 | 16 | .529 | 6.0 | 8–9 | 10–7 | 10–10 |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 8.0 | 10–7 | 6–11 | 10–10 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 8.0 | 8–9 | 8–9 | 8–12 |
| Chicago Sky $^o$ | 14 | 20 | .412 | 10.0 | 6–11 | 8–9 | 6–14 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2007 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 5New YorkW 61-60Hardy (12)Rasmussen (7)Rasmussen (4)Arena at Harbor Yard N/A1-0
2May 8SeattleL 55-63Douglas (16)Willingham (9)Carey (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 5,6071-1
3May 15@ San AntonioL 53-86Whalen (14)Jones (5)Jones, Carey (2)AT&T Center 3,2961-2 :

### Regular season

2007 Game Log: Regular Season :
May
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1
May 19
@ Washington
W 89-80
Sales (20)
Jones, Dydek (6)
Douglas, Jones (4)
Verizon Center 8,042
1-0
2
May 23
@ San Antonio
L 71-74
Douglas (21)
Jones (9)
Douglas (8)
AT&T Center 8,574
1-1
3
May 26
Los Angeles
L 68-88
Sales (17)
de Souza (9)
Whalen (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 8,003
1-2
4
May 31
@ Chicago
W 102-97 (OT)
Jones (31)
Jones (9)
Douglas (7)
UIC Pavilion 2,634
2-2 :
June
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
5
June 2
Phoenix
W 76-67
Jones (24)
Douglas (9)
Whalen (6)
Mohegan Sun Arena 8,881
3-2
6
June 8
@ Houston
W 88-77
Sales (26)
Dydek (11)
Douglas (6)
Toyota Center 7,339
4-2
7
June 10
Detroit
L 74-79
Jones (20)
Dydek (9)
Jones (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,724
4-3
8
June 13
@ Minnesota
L 73-77 (OT)
Jones (22)
Jones (10)
Douglas (6)
Target Center 9,382
4-4
9
June 15
@ Detroit
L 72-75
Sales (18)
Dydek (8)
Whalen (5)
Palace of Auburn Hills 8,484
4-5
10
June 17
Chicago
L 74-87
Jones (22)
Jones (12)
Douglas (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,614
4-6
11
June 20
New York
L 73-76
Douglas, Sales (17)
Whalen (8)
Whalen (10)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,154
4-7
12
June 22
@ Indiana
W 78-74
Douglas (30)
Dydek (10)
Whalen (7)
Conseco Fieldhouse 7,240
5-7
13
June 23
San Antonio
L 58-71
Douglas, Whalen (15)
Dydek (8)
Douglas (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,887
5-8
14
June 26
Washington
L 75-91
Douglas (19)
Dydek (10)
Whalen (6)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,353
5-9
15
June 27
@ Detroit
L 74-77
Jones (16)
Jones (9)
Douglas, Whalen (4)
Palace of Auburn Hills 8,521
5-10
16
June 29
Indiana
W 72-67
Douglas (22)
Dydek (13)
Whalen (7)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,617
6-10 :
July
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
17
July 6
@ Phoenix
L 109-111 (2 OT)
Jones, Sales (22)
Rasmussen (13)
Jones (6)
US Airways Center 7,131
6-11
18
July 7
@ Los Angeles
W 110-89
Douglas (28)
Dydek (7)
Whalen (8)
STAPLES Center 8,769
7-11
19
July 11
@ Seattle
W 76-63
Douglas (17)
Jones (9)
Whalen, Douglas (4)
KeyArena 10,891
8-11
20
July 12
@ Sacramento
W 82-78 (OT)
Sales (23)
Dydek (9)
Whalen (8)
ARCO Arena 6,498
9-11
21
July 17
Minnesota
W 84-79
Douglas (22)
Sales, Dydek, Willingham (5)
Whalen, Sales (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 8,253
10-11
22
July 20
Seattle
W 76-58
Whalen (19)
Jones (10)
Douglas (6)
Mohegan Sun Arena 9,003
11-11
23
July 22
Houston
W 81-79
Douglas (25)
Douglas, Whalen, Dydek (6)
Whalen (6)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,869
12-11
24
July 24
Detroit
L 88-92
Whalen (33)
de Souza (9)
Whalen (7)
Mohegan Sun Arena 8,192
13-11
25
July 26
New York
W 79-75
Whalen (20)
Whalen, de Souza (9)
Whalen (8)
Mohegan Sun Arena N/A
14-11
26
July 29
@ New York
L 67-61
Douglas (26)
Maltsi (8)
Jones (4)
Madison Square Garden 8,303
14-12
27
July 31
Chicago
W 74-56
Douglas (18)
Jones (9)
Sales (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 8,048
15-12 :
August
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
28
August 4
Indiana
W 84-59
Douglas (19)
Dydek (9)
Douglas (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 9,493
16-12
29
August 7
Sacramento
L 79-81
Whalen, Jones (17)
Jones (6)
Whalen (7)
Mohegan Sun Arena 8,930
16-13
30
August 11
@ Chicago
W 88-66
Dydek (18)
Dydek (6)
Whalen (7)
UIC Pavilion 4,261
17-13
31
August 14
@ Washington
L 64-65
Dydek (17)
Dydek (11)
Whalen (5)
Verizon Center N/A
17-14
32
August 15
@ Indiana
W 77-74
Sales (32)
de Souza (6)
Rasmussen (3)
Conseco Fieldhouse 6,433
18-14
33
August 17
@ New York
L 66-74
Douglas (22)
Whalen, Rasmussen, Willingham (5)
Whalen (4)
Madison Square Garden 8,622
18-15
34
August 19
Washington
L 74-76
Douglas (21)
Douglas (9)
Whalen (7)
Mohegan Sun Arena 9,518 (sellout)
18-16 :

### Playoffs

In the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Sun had to face the Indiana Fever. Since the Fever had the better record, the series would be played with game 1 at Connecticut, game 2 at Indiana, and game 3 (if needed) at Indiana. The Sun won the first game at home in triple-overtime, but the Fever went on to win games two and three and take the series.
* For the fifth consecutive season, the Sun qualify for the Eastern Conference Playoffs.
* For the first time in franchise history, the Sun lose in the first round of the playoffs and do not advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.
2007 Game Log: Postseason :
Eastern Conference Semifinals
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1
August 23
Indiana
W 93-88 (3 OT)
Sales (25)
Dydek (11)
Whalen (10)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,271
1-0
2
August 25
@ Indiana
L 59-78
Douglas (11)
Sales (6)
Carey (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse 7,298
1-1
3
August 27
@ Indiana
L 88-93 (OT)
Douglas (27)
Whalen (10)
Douglas, Jones (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse 6,012
1-2 :

## Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench | Inactive |
| C | Margo Dydek | Érika de Souza | Sandrine Gruda |
| PF | Asjha Jones | Kristen Rasmussen -- Le'Coe Willingham | |
| SF | Nykesha Sales | Evanthia Maltsi -- Megan Mahoney | |
| SG | Katie Douglas | Kamesha Hairston | Cori Chambers |
| PG | Lindsay Whalen | Jamie Carey | Erin Phillips |

## Player stats

* http://www.wnba.com/sun/stats/2007/

## Awards and honors

* Katie Douglas and Asjha Jones were named reserves for the 2007 Eastern Conference All-Star Team.
* Katie Douglas was named to the WNBA All-Defensive First Team for the third consecutive year.
* Margo Dydek was named to the WNBA All-Defensive Second Team for the second consecutive year.
* Katie Douglas was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.
* Asjha Jones was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 4, 2007.
* Lindsay Whalen was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 23, 2007.
* Katie Douglas was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 30, 2007.